Chemodynamical analysis of bulge stars for simulated disc galaxies

Details Chemodynamical analysis of bulge stars for simulated disc galaxies Chemodynamical analysis of bulge stars for simulated disc galaxies

2009-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/0909.4491v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

7 pages, 7 figures, MNRAS in press

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We analyse the kinematics and chemistry of the bulge stars of two simulated disc galaxies using our chemodynamical galaxy evolution code GCD+. First we compare stars that are born inside the galaxy with those that are born outside the galaxy and are accreted into the centre of the galaxy. Stars that originate outside of the bulge are accreted into it early in its formation within 3 Gyrs so that these stars have high [alpha/Fe] as well as having a high total energy reflecting their accretion to the centre of the galaxy. Therefore, higher total energy is a good indicator for finding accreted stars. The bulges of the simulated galaxies formed through multiple mergers separated by about a Gyr. Since [alpha/Fe] is sensitive to the first few Gyrs of star formation history, stars that formed during mergers at different epochs show different [alpha/Fe]. We show that the [Mg/Fe] against star formation time relation can be very useful to identify a multiple merger bulge formation scenario, provided there is sufficiently good age information available. Our simulations also show that stars formed during one of the merger events retain a systematically prograde rotation at the final time. This demonstrates that the orbit of the ancient merger that helped to form the bulge could still remain in the kinematics of bulge stars.

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